Crossword for Tue, 18/Sep/2012

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Across
1: Observe - we are hearing Snout's presentation for the main defence (3,4)

5: Redesign it about Elle. (7)

9: Feeling threatened, suggested concealing identity (11)

10: Clown with a tail. (3)

11: Four tight ends holding a private conversation (4-1-4)

14: The pole will carry the principal mainsail (5)

16: Perpendicular to 25-across? (5)

18: Stops trains and big trucks (7)

19: Whirling eel in enclosure (7)

20: Scrooge in film is erratic (5)

21: Theme eradicated partly by an eastern ruler (5)

22: Caribbean tourists love to do this as dolphin cavorts (6-3)

24: Neither's partner participated in an orchestra (3)

25: Check strong drink of 22-acrosss bold alter ego (5,6)

28: Woody is to eviscerate Human Resources, that is (7)

29: Liberate some tennis without charge (3,4)
Down
1: Martyr fighting segregation (5,6)

2: Perform part of play (3)

3: Toothpaste brand at Target? (3)

4: Two articles in French about Diamonds and Big Dipper (5)

5: Cad mad about Dutch port (9)

6: Backblock not all there (3)

7: Ever-practical, Mr. Vader keeps own little piggy (4-2-5)

8: Carries most of sea-bird back. (3)

12: Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)

13: Artists workshop E. Lear bowled over with it (7)

14: Turncoat's first motive for disloyalty (7)

15: 7-down relic? (6,5)

17: Nude mag flip-flopped describing it's size (9)

23: There's uranium in many a flower (5)

24: Complain about the horse (3)

25: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

26: Choose to take the top off (3)

27: Prohibit an attorney's organization (3)




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